London Marathon 2010 – Women’s Elite Field

The Women’s field at the London Marathon 2010 is probably as strong as the Men’s field, if not more. There’s no Paula Radcliffe though this year, but other than that if we exclude the elite women runners from Boston 2010 (Dire Tune, Salina Kosgei, and Catherine Ndereba who backed out due to an injury), well, the rest of them are here!

Irina Mikitenko (Germany)

• Defending champion (2:22:11) and winner of last two London Marathons
• Berlin Marathon winner with 2:19:19 (2008)
• Fourth fastest women’s marathon runner ever

Constantina Dita (Romania)

• At 38 years, oldest runner to win an Olympics Marathon in 2:26:44 (2008)

Mara Yamauchi (UK)

• 2nd placed at London Marathon 2009 (2:23:12)

Deena Kastor (US)

• Athens Olympic bronze medallist
• 2nd fastest runner to enter London Marathon 2010
• London Marathon 2006 winner

Berhane Adere (Ethiopia)

• Ethiopian record holder
• 3rd fastest runner to enter London 2010

Atsede Habtamu (Ethiopia)

• Berlin Marathon 2009 winner (2:24:47)

Bezunesh Bekele (Ethiopia)

• Dubai Marathon 2009 winner (2:24:02)

Aselefech Mergia (Ethiopia)

• World Championships bronze medallist

Askale Magarsa Tafa (Ethiopia)

• former Paris Marathon champion

Bai Xue (China)

• Current World Champion, Berlin 2009 (2:25:15)

Lyudmila Petrova (Russia)

• 2009 New York silver medallist

Svetlana Zakharova (Russia)

• three times London Marathon silver medallist

Liliya Shobukhova (Russia)

• 3rd at London Marathon 2009 (2:24:24)
• Chicago Marathon 2009 winner

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